Cloudy Day in Toulon

Younger Javert looking out over the sea from a ship's prow in Toulon. Toulon was a naval port and sometimes saw the convicts working to repair ships so presumably Javert got to see a decent amount of them and maybe even hang out on deck.


His guard uniform would have also had a black coat and a peaked cap but I wanted to draw him without it this time. Kind of guessed on the epaulets, since the only reference picture I have has the coat over the tailcoat and if there were any they would have been obscured by it. But hey, I'm a sucker for epaulets, so. Tried a weird perspective thing with this, IDK how I feel about the result. Also I drew it with this sweeping border for no real reason lol

Usually I drew Javert with longer hair but Hugo tells us that at least in Montreuil-sur-Mur he had bangs, so I just figure he played around with different styles during his lifetime. I doubt he ever cut it all the way short, though, simply for the fact that it would be an ordeal to grow out again. He's pretty anal about his appearance so I think messy hair would bother him.